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UNITED STATES MARINES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An amphibious division of the United States Navy
Synonyms:
Marine Corps; Marines; United States Marine Corps; United States Marines; US Marine Corps; USMC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("United States Marines" is a kind of...):
Marines (members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea)
Meronyms (parts of "United States Marines"):
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity; MCIA (an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization)
Meronyms (members of "United States Marines"):
devil dog; leatherneck; Marine; shipboard soldier (a member of the United States Marine Corps)
Holonyms ("United States Marines" is a part of...):
Navy; United States Navy; US Navy; USN (the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces)
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